Airports & Networks

CEO Ed Sims says the carrier will proceed with 'caution' when building back its European network.

Routes profiles flag-carrier Austrian Airlines, the Lufthansa Group subsidiary and World Routes 2021 attendee.

Traffic momentum stalled in the second quarter because of COVID-19, but AirAsia sees its markets coming back by the fourth quarter.

Toronto’s downtown Billy Bishop airport (YTZ) saw its first commercial operations in nearly 18 months Sept. 8 as Porter Airlines and Air Canada restarted service, while a new startup is confident it will be serving the airport by year-end.

Air Canada Rouge’s return to the skies coincides with Canada reopening its borders on Sept. 7 to fully vaccinated foreign citizens for non-essential travel.

Flydubai CEO Gaith Al Ghaith believes continuing the strategy of adding new year-round secondary destinations like the carrier has done in the past remains important.

Low-cost carriers are pursuing big growth ambitions in the Gulf.

Emirates will be expanding its operations in and out of South Africa, boosting its schedule to 28 weekly flights by October.

Flights have restarted to three destinations and two more will return to the airline’s network later this month.

Figures issued Sept. 6 by ACI Europe showed that on Aug. 1, passenger traffic through UK airports was still 72% below 2019 levels while EU airports were only down 43%.

Despite the surge in demand and strong leisure business over the summer, 2021 will still be “economically challenging,” according to Eurowings CEO Jens Bischof.

Plans to serve Almaty nonstop have been revived by the oneworld alliance member.

Emirates has announced the reopening of its lounge at London Heathrow Airport as it ramps up operations in the UK.

Etihad Airways has carried the UAE’s Paralympic champions from Japan following their success at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. The UAE Team brought home gold and bronze medals for competing in the Athletics, Powerlifting, Cycling and Shooting.

The Star Alliance member plans to increase Latin American-US connectivity from December.

The CEO of World Routes 2021 host SEA Milan Airports is confident airlines will be attracted back to Lombardy.

The latest additions from Adelaide follow the launch of flights to Cairns earlier this month.

The carrier also adds Central American connections from Chicago O’Hare and Denver.

Improved ATC will enable KUL to use all three of its runways, expanding airline capacity at the airport.

Worldwide capacity continues to edge upwards as airlines in China add seats back to their networks.

Dnata has become the first global air and travel services provider to sign up to the International Air Transport Association's (IATA) 25by2025 initiative that aims to advance gender diversity in the aviation industry.

Etihad Airways said it is preparing for a boost in travel to and from Abu Dhabi following the government’s announcement to remove the quarantine requirement for all vaccinated travellers arriving from abroad.

Jonathan Lewis, managing director at NAC2000, Zambia’s largest independent ground-handler, tells Keith Mwanalushi about how the pandemic not only created unique challenges, but also pockets of opportunity.

The proposed airline, to be known as Fly Jinnah, will operate as a joint venture and adopt Air Arabia’s low-cost model.

KLM will not operate certain routes to North America this winter after the Dutch government designated the U.S. a “very high-risk area.”